BORN HULL 27/07/1886. SON OF ARTHUR EDWARD FISHER (1865-1944) AND ISABELLA FORSTER (1865-1946), OF 236 DURBAN ROAD, GRIMSBY. A TRAWLER ENGINEER. HE MARRIED KITTY JACKSON, IN CLEETHORPES, ON 11/03/1908.
SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE, AS AN ENGINEER, ON THE TRAWLER “FENNEW”. DIED AT SEA, ON 22/06/1917, AGED 31. HIS WIDOW KATE, LIVED AT 47 BRAMHALL STREET, NEW CLEE, GRIMSBY (CWGC ADDRESS). HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL AND THE MARFLEET ROLL OF HONOUR, HULL.
HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, PRIVATE, ARTHUR FISHER, 242146, SERVED WITH THE 2ND/5TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT AND WAS WOUNDED ON 12/08/1918. (ARMY RECORDS).
First name:
WILLIAM EDWARD
Regiment:
Military Number:
622
Rank:
Engineman
Date Died
22/06/1917
Place died:
Sea
Age:
31
